New electric vehicles, several new small SUVs, a redesigned compact car, a plug-in version of Toyota's top-selling vehicle and a futuristic electric station wagon concept car from Volkswagen are among the new models on display this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

Wind power production in the Southwest Power Pool – the grid stretching across 14 states, including Oklahoma – reached 17,264 megawatts one day last month. That’s more than 60% of the region’s electricity output.

With more electric vehicles zipping around Oklahoma, more questions are being asked at the Capitol and elsewhere about how the state will avoid a breakdown resulting from declining fuel tax revenues used to pay for maintenance of roads, bridges and highways.

The Department of Environmental Quality and the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments have awarded the City of Edmond and the University of Central Oklahoma two grants totalling $50,550 to install 10 public and workplace charging stations throughout the city for electric vehicles.

Walmart announced Tuesday it would be adding electric vehicle charging stations to five of its locations in Oklahoma as part of a partnership with Electrify America aimed at expanding alternative fuel routes across the nation.